DevNotes_06Oct2026

NOTE: WORK IN PROGRESS - START FROM COPY OF 2 WEEKS AGO

General updates (roundtable)

• Refactoring Project (Paul S., James)
  • What should perspectives look like in the refactored GUI?
    • Do we want icons for perspectives, theory, data etc?
    • How does all of this look in the midi area?
    • What happens to perspectives when the close button is pressed?
    • What will this look like? Can we generate some mocks for this?
  • Plotting refactor
    • Right now, we have an isolated demo of a tabbed plotting widget focussed on the Fitting perspective, alongside some code integrating the widget into the current implementation of the fitting perspective
    • Do we need to work on refactoring perspectives before adding the plotting widget?
    • What about the new MuMag perspective?
      • Would a simpler perspective be better?
      • MuMag perspective PR is currently being reviewed, with plotting done within the perspective.
      • But, using MuMag will give us the opportunity to demonstrate the new abilities available through the refactoring project.
      • Maybe try Invariant or Inversion (P(r)) first, then MuMag - advantage that Invariant is being worked on at the moment too.
  • We have several PRs, each of which have reviewers assigned.
  • When will the next refactoring hackathon be held? Maybe early December?
    • Note that contributor camp ends in early Nov - this could help us keep up momentum.
• Any SASBDB integration project updates? (Wojciech)
  • Draft stack on main: #4077 export core, #4078 export dialog/Tools menu, #4079 fitting auto-fill + CorMap
  • First PR now ready for review.
• Generic Scattering Calculator redesign working group (Wojciech)
  • Temporarily on back burner. No longer aiming for contriubutor camp
  • May target a focused hackathon in 2027 - possibly in conjunction with LINXS
• Sasmodels working group (refactoring / marketplace vs core) (Butler)
  • Meeting held on Oct 23 and list updated for contributor camp
  • Prioritization exercise still waiting for Paul to send out
  • Marketplace.sasview.org has been upgraded in preparation for the camp
    • It now runs from the CI on github/marketplace (was completely decoupled from github)
    • Upgraded from python 3.8 to 3.12 and Django 4.2.30 to Django 5.2.17
    • Fix for files not uploading applied
  • Wiki page
• Contributor Camps (Butler)
  • Camp XV — Prague, 3–9 Nov 2026 — planning/info page
    • Register and get travel approval
    • Currently 21 attendees effectively confirmed with 2 to 3 more in discussion
    • Poster session — SasView usage in your research, including how AI is used or would help
      • Reminder + poster theme still to go to the developer list (Butler)
    • Expected camp projects (from technical meeting): refactoring, sasmodels rework, magnetic SANS, release automation, pixi (Marie)
    • Will start planning projects, boards, and discussions
  • Need to be across actual attendance dates of some contributors. How can we easily record this?
    • There is a question on the registration form.
    • Can we modify this information on the form?
  • Camp XVI — Soleil submitted — decision late November 2026 — target early Nov 2027

Discussions

• 6.2.1 Release - Paul Sharp

  • Timeline:
    • Code freeze: Friday 9th October
    • Release: Friday 23rd October
  • Master issue — 6 of 12 tracker items closed
  • Still open on the tracker:
    • #4081 Multiple / batch slicing incompatibilities — no PR - probably leave aside now
    • #3986 Invariant upgrade part II - PR for bug fixes incoming
    • #3993 Leftover crumbs when renaming a model - potentially covered by #4118
    • #3981 Pinned deps not used for release-branch PR builds
    • #4108 Form-factor plugin docs (pure-Python P(Q))
    • #4109 Plugin model error — PR #4111
  • Also in flight / discussed for 6.2.1:
    • #4067 fit_started flag — Krzywon tested, wants more before approve; reviewer now Butler
    • #4110 ghost polydispersity comboboxes (#4105, found after #4072)
      • Both of these PRs have been approved but not merged. Why is this, and should they be included in 6.2.1?
    • sasmodels #722 fractal S(Q) at small Q — listed at technical meeting
    • Include newly merged models from #719?
  • Packaging leftovers from technical meeting:
    • conda-forge 6.2.0: sasview-feedstock #56 still open (Azure/GHA failed; automerge blocked)
    • pyausaxs: no conda build; pip wheel issues on Intel Macs — James/Marie + Kristian — still waiting for release tag?
  • 6.2.0 documentation issue for installing on ubuntu. Installed from github with pyinstaller.
    • Possibly just need to be clearer with recommended installation methods.

• SAS2027

  • September 2027
  • Should be possible to have a talk/presentation and user meeting area (instead of booth)
  • Possible

• Where should developer documentation go? (James)

  • At the moment, we have a developer documentation section in the docs we package with SasView, but its mostly empty.
  • Instead, it seems most developer documentation we have (style guides, tutorials etc) seem to be in the wiki. Is this the right place for them?
  • A new issue to consider is that developers might want to provide style guides to AI tools for reviewing code, and they can't easily access them if they're on the wiki.

PRs

sasview: 29 open, 15 in draft

• Bug fixes and feature upgrades
  • #4118 3993: Remove non-existent models from the FittingWidget - Needs review, may fix 6.2.1 issue
  • #4135 Invariant Perspective Fixes - Approved by James, needs review by Paul Butler
  • #4067 Fix the fit_started flag enablement — Approved but not merged
  • #4110 Ghost polydispersity function comboboxes (#4105) — Approved but not merged
  • #4111 App-wide event filter / plugin model error (#4109) — New; needs review
  • #4087 Flatpak automated update script — Paul Sharp is reviewing
  • #4097 UTF-8 encoding — New; needs review
  • #4077 / #4078 / #4079 SASBDB export + fitting — Drafts
• CI / developer tooling
  • #4126 Add 3.15 to CI - New; needs review
  • #3842 Add pixi configuration — Technical group to review (camp project)
  • #3932 Attach binaries to release page on tag — Still needs review (quiet since May)
  • #4099 Allow pytest on an editable install — New follow-up after #3974 merge

sasmodels: 9 open, 4 in draft

• #722 Fractal S(Q) accuracy at small Q — Approved but not merged; candidate for 6.2.1
• #743 Adding peak_pseudo_Voigt model — Author addressed review (7 Sep); last reviewed last week
• #752 TCCBox as an optional dependency — Reviewed by @pkienzle
• #754 UTF-8 encoding — New; needs review

sasdata: 7 open, 2 in draft

• #227 Trend improvements — reviewed by @krzywon

Help desk staffing

https://github.com/SasView/sasview/wiki/DevNotes_HelpDesk

• Sep: Jeff (primary) / Marianne
• Oct: Marianne / Paul Butler — already filled
• Roster now runs through Jan 2027; confirm Nov+ if needed

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